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Bite Me! by Melissa Francis

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 296 I wanted to like this book, I really did, but right off the bat it was sooo dry and a tad boring. Our story starts off with AJ being at her mom's wedding and she's considering how unfair it is that she will no longer be able to date her boyfriend, Ryan, because he is now her step brother (Awkward!). Anyways, she still obviously has feelings for him and he still has feelings for her but she pushes him away in the hopes that they will be able to move on from each other. AJ is also a vampire,...

Top Ten Tuesday #5

Check out all the info here at The Broke and The Bookish's blog.January 29: Top Ten Most Frustrating Characters Ever 1. Bella Swan from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer This is pretty self explanatory. 2. Edward Cullen from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Also self explanatory. 3. Sarah from The Unwritten Rule Elizabeth Scott I didn't think she had any depth, and I really hated that book. 4. Astrid Jones from Ask the Passengers by A. S. King She was just someone I couldn't relate to at all. 5. Kasey from Bad Girls...

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 312 I absolutely loved everything about this book! I loved how it was set in London, Rebecca Bloomwood sounds like a girl that could definitely qualify as one of my best friends, and I just loved reading about all the different situations she got herself into (a lot of which sounded like things I would do...oops). Rebecca, as you can tell by the title of the book, obviously has a problem with shopping (something I can personally relate to when I'm purchasing books). She tells readers of all the...

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 249 Wow this book creeped me out. But in a good way! Sometimes I would be reading this at night and I'd have to set it down and burrow deeper under the covers because it would make me feel a little safer. No book has really creeped me out like this so it was cool to read a book like that. I absolutely loved the incorporation of pictures along with the text. It made the story seem so much more real and gave more depth to the story. The pictures themselves also thoroughly creeped me out and sometimes...

Top Ten Tuesday #4

Check out all the info here at The Broke and The Bookish's blog.January 22: Top Ten Settings I'd Like To See More Of (Or At All) 1. More settings in historical Britain (for young adult readers!) Often I'll find historical fiction in historical Britain for adults but not a lot for young adults. Maybe something like in one of the monarch's mansions or castles? 2. Under the sea, but not something that is paranormal. A setting that would show that this is the normal way of life for people to live (like in submarine villages) 3....

Cruel Summer by Alyson Noel

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 229 I was pleasantly surprised with this book! I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. For me, it was a little tough getting into because Colby (the main character) seemed whiny and superficial, which she clearly states later on that she is, but she definitely grew and developed, which helped the plot move along. This was one of those books that I always have an inner conflict with because I want to read it faster so I know what happens next, but I also want to drag it out and savor each...

Entangled by Nikki Jefford

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 303 Holy. Crap. What a fantastic book! (And a beautiful cover to pair it with) When I first started I didn't think I would like it because it felt sort of rushed for the first like quarter but in the end I though that was a good thing because it led to, not only, more character development later on, but also let the story move and flow faster. The cover was what really drew me into this book, and once I started reading I couldn't stop! The plot never slowed down for a second and I kept wanting...

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Top 10 Tuesday #3

Check out all the info here at The Broke and The Bookish's blog. January 15: Top 10 2013 Debut I'm Looking Forward To 1. Shades of Earth by Beth Revis (I loved the first book and can't wait to read the second one, and now the third one is coming out!! It's too much excitement!) 2. Unremembered by Jessica Brody (When I met her at a book festival she gave me a little leaflet with a short passage from the book in it and I've been pining for this book ever since) 3. True by Hilary Duff (I LOVED the first two books in the...

Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 343 So, I know this book was on my "To Read list of 2013" but I just couldn't get through it. I got to about page 60 or so and just gave up. I actually put off writing this review for awhile because I thought what's the point? I didn't like it. But I digress. I was waiting for it to get a lot more fast paced and for something to actually happen but nothing did. Perhaps I should have given it a few more pages but I just couldn't bear to continue on. I felt the characters weren't described...

Top 10 Tuesday #2

Check out all the info here at The Broke and The Bookish's blog.January 8th: Top 10 Bookish Goals for 2013 1. Blog more consistently! I want to be able to keep up with my review requests and in general review more books than last year. 2. Finish my 2013 book goal. Last year I was only able to finish 80 out of 100 books and this year I would definitely like to be able to finish all of them. 3. Finish at least half of my To Be Read Pile. A lot of the books that are on my TBR I talked about in the previous Top 10 Tuesday,...

Tan Lines by Katherine Applegate

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 539 Out of the three books that I've read in the "Summer" series I think I like this one second best. The first book in the series, Beach Blondes, was definitely the most light hearted and was just a fun novel to read (with a whopping 700 pages!). Spring Break had too many issues that I didn't think we're believable (see my last review for more on that). But this one, it was good. Not great but good. It had that light hearted feel, but also delved deeper into the characters problems which...

Spring Break by Katherine Applegate

Read a synopsis here! Number of pages: 211 This is the sequel to the omnibus Beach Blondes, also by Katherine Applegate, and you should definitely read Beach Blondes before reading this one otherwise you will probably get confused with the majority of the plot. Also this review may contain some spoilers if you have not read Beach Blondes. Summer Smith is traveling back down to Florida from Minnesota so she can hang out with her two best friends Diana Olan (who is also her cousin) and Maria Marquez (who likes to go by just Marquez)....

Top 10 Tuesday #1

(This is my first Top 10 Tuesday!) Check out all the info here at The Broke and The Bookish's blog. January 1st: Top 10 Books I Resolve to Read in 2013 All of the books I choose for this list have been on my TBR pile for over a year so it's about time that I tackle them sometime in the next 12 months. 1. Matched and Crossed by Ally Condie (just in time to read the final installment) 2. The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials by James Dashner (also just in time to read the final installment which will be out on paperback soon) 3....